不論

See also: 不论

Chinese

		not; no	to talk (about); to discuss; theory to talk (about); to discuss; theory; by the; per; the Analects (of Confucius)
trad. (不論)		不	論
simp. (不论)		不	论

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùlùn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ leon⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-lun
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): put-lūn

(Teochew, Peng'im): bug⁴ lung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bùlùn [Phonetic: búlùn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùlùn
  - Wade–Giles: pu⁴-lun⁴
  - Yale: bù-lwùn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buluenn
  - Palladius: булунь (bulunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯ən⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ leon⁶
  - Yale: bāt leuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ loen⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ lên⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɵn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-lun
  - Hakka Romanization System: bud^ˋ lun
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ lun⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /put̚² lun⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-lūn
  - Tâi-lô: put-lūn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: putlun
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ lun⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ lun²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ lun³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bug⁴ lung⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puk lŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puk̚²⁻⁴ luŋ³⁵/

Middle Chinese: pjuw|pjuwX|pjut lwon|lwonH

Rime
Character	不	不	不	論	論
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	幫 (1)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	物 (60)	魂 (55)	魂 (55)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III	I	I
Fanqie	甫鳩切	方久切	分勿切	盧昆切	盧困切
Baxter	pjuw	pjuwX	pjut	lwon	lwonH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨu/	/pɨu^X/	/pɨut̚/	/luən/	/luən^H/
Pan Wuyun	/piu/	/piu^X/	/piut̚/	/luon/	/luon^H/
Shao Rongfen	/piəu/	/piəu^X/	/piuət̚/	/luən/	/luən^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puw/	/puw^X/	/put̚/	/lwən/	/lwən^H/
Li Rong	/piu/	/piu^X/	/piuət̚/	/luən/	/luən^H/
Wang Li	/pĭəu/	/pĭəu^X/	/pĭuət̚/	/luən/	/luən^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯ə̯u/	/pi̯ə̯u^X/	/pi̯uət̚/	/luən/	/luən^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fōu	fǒu	fu	lún	lùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fau¹	fau²	fat¹	leon⁴	leon⁶

Conjunction

不論

no matter (what, how, etc.); regardless of; whether
(literary) not only

Synonyms

(no matter):

不常在 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
不拘 (bùjū)
不管 (bùguǎn)
任憑 / 任凭 (rènpíng)
別管 / 别管 (biéguǎn)
勿怪 (⁸veq-kua) (Wu)
勿管 (⁸veq-kuoe) (Wu)
勿論 / 勿论 (⁸veq-len) (Wu)
憑 / 凭 (píng) (colloquial)
毋管
無管 / 无管 (wúguǎn) (literary or Min Nan)
無論 / 无论 (wúlùn)
隨便 / 随便 (suíbiàn)

(not only):

不但 (bùdàn)
不僅 / 不仅 (bùjǐn)
不光 (bùguāng)
不只 (bùzhǐ)
不單 / 不单 (bùdān)
不惟 (bùwéi) (literary)
不止 (bùzhǐ)
不特 (bùtè) (literary)
不獨 / 不独 (bùdú)
不直 (bùzhí) (literary)
不第 (bùdì) (literary)
伓止 (ēng-cǐ) (Northern Min, Hokkien)
勿僅 / 勿仅 (⁸veq-jin) (Wu)
勿僅僅 / 勿仅仅 (⁸veq-jin-jin) (Wu)
勿光 (⁸veq-kuaon) (Wu)
唔只 (m⁴ zi²) (Cantonese)
唔單 / 唔单 (m⁶ duan¹) (Teochew)
唔單只 / 唔单只 (m⁴ daan¹ zi²) (Cantonese, Teochew)
唔淨只 / 唔净只 (m⁴ zing⁶ zi²) (Cantonese)
毋但 (Hokkien)
豈但 / 岂但 (qǐdàn) (literary)
非但 (fēidàn)
非獨 / 非独 (fēidú)
非論 / 非论 (fēilùn) (literary)

Verb

不論

(formal) to not speak of; to not discuss; to not argue